A stream burst its banks and flowed into downstairs windows in Greater Manchester (Picture: SWNS)

Britain is braced for another day of weather turmoil, after flash floods ruined houses and engulfed railway lines yesterday.

Roads and schools were closed yesterday and thousands of passengers had late or cancelled trains due to torrential rain.

A woman, 39, who was rescued by helicopter from the sea near Folkestone in Kent has died.

Passengers on board a ferry in the Irish Sea had to spend the night in howling gales off the Welsh coast after it was deemed too dangerous to attempt to dock, while hundreds of homes were left without power in the North East.

Flood waters poured into people’s living rooms in low-lying parts of Manchester and Lancashire.

A car in the snow on the Northumberland and Cumbria border (Picture: PA)